Marking the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth, this new edition offers an informed introductin to the chief proponent of the English village murder mystery. Although she created two enormously popular characters - the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and the inquisitive elderly spinster and amateur sleuth Miss Jane Marple of St Mary Mead - it is not generally acknowledged that Agatha Christie wrote in many different genres: comic mysteries (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?), atmosphe...

This fully revised, updated and expanded edition of the industry standard text takes the reader through the complete life cycle of a syndicated loan. Beginning with the opening phase of mandating a lead bank, Syndicated Lending delves through negotiation, documentation, syndication and closing transactions to conclude with the secondary market.This seventh edition includes new supplements dealing with:- regional syndicated loan markets- growing regulatory framework

Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View (1974) is a renowned example of the paranoid conspiracy thriller, a genre that was a marker of the 1970s. The period was haunted by the murders of John F Kennedy (1963), Malcolm X (1965), Martin Luther King (1968), and Robert Kennedy (1968), together with the crimes of the Manson family, Altamont, the Vietnam War, and the Watergate scandal.Mark Campbell's study of the film situates it within this historical moment of incr...

The necessity for a comprehensive work, giving a full and detailed explanation of the Art of manufacturing Hair Work in all its various branches, has been so frequently urged upon the attention of the author, that, in compliance with an almost universal demand, he has concluded to publish a book which will clearly illustrate the Art of Hair Dressing, and making Hair Jewelry and Hair Work of every description. His perfect familiarity with the business—the result of many years' successful ex...

Who is Holmes? The world's most famous detective? A drug addict with a heart as cold as ice? A millstone around the neck of his creator? He's all of these things and much, much more.Sherlock Holmes was the brainchild of Portsmouth GP Arthur Conan Doyle. A writer of historical romantic fiction, Doyle became unhappy that the detective's enormous success eclipsed his more serious offerings. But after attempting to wipe him out at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, Doyle was faced w...

Now officially the most popular drama on television, Doctor Who has seen many ups and downs in its long and colourful history. From humble beginnings on 23 November 1963 to its cancellation in 1989 and eventual resurrection in 2005, the show has always been a quintessential element of British popular culture.The spine-chilling theme music, the multi-dimensional Tardis, the evil metallic Daleks and the ever-changing face of the Doctor himself have become trademarks of the programme'...

Infamy! Infamy! They've All Got It In For Me! Beginning with the feel-good conscription caper Carry On Sergeant (1958) and finishing up with the much-maligned sex farce Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas tossed off a record-breaking thirty films, all with that unique 'naughty but nice' seaside postcard-style humour. A team of spot-on comedy performers, headed by Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques and Ken...

Evil comes knocking on the Stanleys' door in the guise of Jack Farley, a grave robber turned murderer from the Georgian period, who returns in ghostly form to haunt their every move.At first only young Paul Stanley is affected by Jack's demonic influence. However, it is not long before the rest of his family are gripped by the evil which Farley exerts upon them.As the Stanleys begin to sense Jack's sinister intent growing stronger and more dangerous, all seems lost until a ...

It's something every writer fears and many face: the dreaded writer's block. But sometimes the cause is not lack of inspiration, but something much more sinister...

Travel with Anne Brontë as she takes you through the trials and tribulations of her early life. Having endured the struggles of her childhood, she sought comfort by expressing herself on the written page. Along with her older siblings, she unearthed the fantasy worlds which were to form them and play such an important part in their development as writers.As she entered adulthood and took on the role of a governess, Anne discovered she had a compassionate nature which helped her gui...

Every professional photographer finds him or herself in a bit of a creative rut at some point in their career.In this unique book, award-winning photographer and digital artist Mark Campbell (Wheeling, WV) shares with readers images that represent a three-year journey of creative self-discovery aimed at creating portraits that break the mold.Campbell shows how he came up with four creative concept categories-Saints and Sinners, Body Art, Underwater Portraits, and Creative Fr...

A crazed survivor of an unimaginable slaughter warns of an unholy monster. But instead of a war party, an unexpected prophecy sends an unlikely hunter after the beast—an ostracized youth with years of pent up anger. Amidst a preternatural blizzard, can this young warrior overcome his own anger and defeat the undead abomination that threatens his tribe?